Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 22:36 AFP — Iraqi forces are advancing in a "major operation" to enter disputed Kirkuk city and take control of a Kurdish miliary base and oil fields, Kurdish authorities said early on Monday.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 22:00 AFP —

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 21:10 AFP — Baghdad said Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of Kirkuk in what amounted to a "declaration of war", dramatically raising the stakes in its dispute with Iraq's Kurds.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:59 AFP — Iraqi Kurd officials on Sunday denied PKK forces were among its peshmerga fighters in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, although they could include sympathisers of Turkey's outlawed Kurdish group.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:43 AFP — The crisis between Iraq's central government and the autonomous Kurdish region is rooted in a long-standing dispute over territory stretching from the Syrian border to the frontier with Iran.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:42 AFP — Baghdad said Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of Kirkuk in what amounted to a "declaration of war", dramatically raising the stakes in its dispute with Iraq's Kurds.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:38 AFP — Iraqi Kurd officials on Sunday denied any PKK forces were present in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk though one said that sympathisers of the party were.

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:12 AFP —

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 17:10 AFP — Baghdad said Sunday that PKK fighters were among Kurdish forces in a standoff with the Iraqi army in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, in what it said amounted to a "declaration of war".

Sunday, 15 October, 2017 , 16:45 AFP — Baghdad said Sunday that PKK fighters were among Kurdish forces in a standoff with its army in the disputed oil province of Kirkuk, in what it said amounted to a "declaration of war".